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Join Us! Data Privacy Considerations as Companies Return to the New Normal

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Across the globe, governments are taking steps to gradually reduce lockdown measures and re-open their economies. As new measures are enacted across a world still battling a pandemic, companies will need to prepare for a gradual transition back into the workplace amid a changed landscape. Join Baker McKenzie for a global webinar series, in coordination with the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), to address the challenges multinational employers are facing to achieve a necessary balance between maintaining a safe workplace and putting people back to work. During…

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Contact Tracing Apps: Differing Global Approaches

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Contact tracing apps have become a new weapon in our arsenal as we battle COVID-19. But not everyone sees eye-to-eye on these apps and different jurisdictions are taking divergent approaches. What are contact tracing apps? Contact tracing apps are applications which keep track of an individual smartphone user’s real-life interactions with, or proximity to, other smartphone users (the individual’s contacts). Their primary aim is to ensure that – if the individual is suspected or confirmed…

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New NHS Guidance in the UK: 10 Questions for Hospitals buying AI

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NHS AI Lab has released a short buyer’s checklist to guide organisations through procuring AI solutions. It’s been published in light of COVID-19 – the pandemic presents a huge opportunity to accelerate the uptake of innovative digital solutions at scale. In the UK, healthcare organisations are receiving multiple proposals for AI healthcare applications. This could ease the burden on hospitals facing enormous demands on time and clinical resource. The guide focuses on providing assurance that…

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TMT Talk Episode 6: COVID-19 and Its Impact on Antitrust in the TMT Sector

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The virus’ continuing global rampage has driven companies in the Technology, Media, and Telecommunications sector to find new ways of working and new solutions brought about by the pandemic. Given this, COVID-19 antitrust-focused topics, such as collaboration among competitors, application of antitrust laws during this crisis, and antitrust enforcement on tech companies, have become singularly relevant. In this episode of TMT Talk, Raffaele Giarda, Creighton Macy, and Carolina Pardo will shed light on the antitrust issues TMT companies are…

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Podcast Episode 21: Contact Tracing in the United Kingdom

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Joanna de Fonseka, a senior associate in Baker McKenzie’s London office, joins host Brian Hengesbaugh to discuss the use of contact tracing apps in the United Kingdom. Download and listen to learn: Takeaways from the recent guidance from the ICO on contact tracing appsKey privacy considerations as the use of contact tracing apps becomes a reality in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemicDevelopments at the EU level regarding contact tracing apps and mobility data https://open.spotify.com/episode/0jtEkAQeYjZKdZkKp0ewGX…

In Data Privacy

Updated COVID-19: Data Privacy & Security Survey

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*Survey last updated April 30, 2020* Our latest edition, spanning 39 jurisdictions, answers five common data privacy and security questions employers may have in light of COVID-19, especially as lockdowns are slowly being eased in some countries and employers prepare to re-open workplaces. As the world grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic and its profound impact across regions and industries, many companies are facing difficult business and legal challenges and are required to make some urgent…

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TMT Talk Episode 5: Employment Strategies in a COVID-19 World and Beyond

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The impact of COVID-19 has never been more visible as in the transformation of global employment. With Raffaele Giarda, Susan Eandi and Bernhard Trappehl provide insights into how different technology companies handle the requirements and adjustments that inevitably come with the worldwide quarantine and the work-from-home dynamics that currently define our new normal. This episode of TMT Talk also looks into the future of work and explores what we can expect from a world beyond COVID-19. https://open.spotify.com/episode/5uIdGGss2zf5GRJi08Sdpg

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COVID-19: A Guide for the TMT Sector

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With the COVID-19 pandemic quickly spreading across the globe and forcing entire countries to shut down all but essential services, businesses in all sectors urgently need to make business-critical decisions to protect their workforce, implement measures to address business continuity and prepare for an economic downturn. In doing so, they face legal and regulatory issues spanning various areas of law. With this publication, we aim to assist companies in the TMT sector in managing this…

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Post-COVID-19: What Role Will Privacy Play in Bankruptcy Proceedings?

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COVID-19 will end, that much we know. But when will it end, and what lasting effects will it have on our society remain the pressing questions for all of us. While many questions persist, it is certain that we have yet to see the full effects this global crisis will have on the economy. Many businesses, and perhaps entire industries, will not survive this prolonged shutdown or the changes in consumer behaviors following the exit…

In Digital Media & Content

COVID-19, Digital Platforms and Media Reform in Australia

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The Australian Government has announced a range of short term and long term measures to assist Australian media businesses in light of COVID-19 and its impact on the sector. In addition to new industry relief measures, the Government and key regulators such as the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) and Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) have announced that various media reform initiatives already underway in 2020 will be accelerated, delayed or altered in some…

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